Bags, boxes and the last things left to clear, gone from the curb. Choose what’s going, see your exact price and book by 2pm for same-day pickup. You don’t need to be home.
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Finish clearing the space
You have decided what is going. Now give those bags and boxes a pickup day, with a price you can see before anyone arrives.
Book the unwanted bags and boxes left after packing. Choose an available pickup day before you hand back the keys, and arrange to have them outside.
You do not need a whole house of junk. Select the bags, boxes and larger items you actually have. Your combined price is shown online.
When the next collection does not fit your plans, choose a Dropcurb pickup day. Updates keep you informed, and completion photos show when the booked items are gone.
A clear count. An exact price.
A few simple choices turn a mixed pile into a clear booking. No need to estimate how much of a truck it might fill.
Count each trash bag or filled household box. Books and media go by the box. Clothes, bedding and shoes go by the filled bag. Toys packed together have a Box of toys choice. Ask us about unusually heavy or oversized bags and boxes first.
Empty cardboard is a different choice: choose single empty boxes or tied bundles of 10 flattened boxes. Compacted bales have their own weight-based choices and require loading-dock access. A Storage bin choice covers the empty bin itself; ask us to confirm the contents if they are going too.
Add the actual larger item alongside your bags and boxes, such as a sofa, chair or mattress. It has its own price and preparation. Keep construction materials and items needing special handling out of ordinary household bags.
First item / additional item
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
Choose my itemsReady for pickup
You handle sorting and getting things out of the home or building. We load and haul away the items on your booking from an accessible outdoor spot.
Book by 2pm at the pickup address for same-day pickup, using the dates shown at checkout. Pickup is booked for a day, not an exact arrival time. Confirm any short building-access window with us before booking.
A house, a condo or an apartment. Choose an accessible outdoor spot that works for your property. You arrange the move outside; we take it from there.
Add the bags, boxes and separate larger items, then choose an available day. Have an unusual pile or uncertain contents? Send a photo before booking so we can help with the choices.
Bag or box small household items as much as possible. Keep the booked items together, separate from anything staying. Follow your confirmation for when they need to be outside and accessible.
Add photos and clear pickup-location notes on your order page. You do not need to be home when everything is outside and accessible. We send pickup updates and completion photos.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
Your pickup is booked.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Durham: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Bulky collection in Durham is by request only. One collection a week of up to three bulky items is free, and a request for more than three items at one time is charged after the City contacts the resident to discuss payment.
A couch or other household furniture piece is a bulky item in Durham, so it is scheduled rather than set out with the weekly cart, and carpet is named by the City as a bulky item pickup instead of a cart item.
A mattress or box spring counts as a bulky item in Durham, so it is scheduled for the request-only bulky collection instead of going into a cart, and it uses one of the three free bulky items allowed in a week.
Large appliances are white goods at the City's drop-off center, where they are taken free from residents, and an appliance can also be scheduled as one of the free bulky items on a curbside request. North Carolina bans appliances from landfill disposal, so they never go in a trash cart.
Exercise equipment is not named in the City's curbside lists, so the route depends on the machine. A treadmill or weight bench is a bulky item within the three item allowance, while an unusual or very heavy piece is worth confirming with Durham One Call first.
The handoff matters
Garbage, recycling and yard waste carts go out after 6 p.m. the night before the collection day or by 5 a.m. the morning of collection, and come back in within 24 hours. Carts sit at least 3 feet from cars, other carts, poles, hydrants, signs, trees and mailboxes, and they never block a sidewalk or driveway.
Garbage collection rules and prohibited itemsYard waste subscription, cart rules and brush pickupsBulky items sit at the curb clear of cars, mailboxes, fences, poles and anything of value, and away from low wires, tree limbs, water meters, fire hydrants, telephone boxes, sprinklers and decorative stones. Alleys are not collected, and drivers will not collect where property could be damaged.
Bulky services, request process and prohibited itemsBuilding materials, car parts, construction debris, dirt, electronics, food scraps, glass, mirrors, windows, loose leaves, propane tanks, televisions, tires, tree stumps, wood, pallets and lumber are prohibited from the curbside service and go to the City's Waste Disposal and Recycling Center at 2115 East Club Boulevard instead.
Bulky services, request process and prohibited itemsGarbage collection rules and prohibited itemsA holiday normally pushes collection back one business day. If a cart was not serviced by 4:30 p.m. on the collection day, report the miss to Durham One Call at 919-560-1200, and report a missed yard waste collection no later than the Monday after the miss by 4:30 p.m.
Garbage collection rules and prohibited itemsYour collection information and service statusUse a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
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Before you book
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Durham.
A trash bag is $59 as the first item and $10 additional. A filled household box is $59 as the first item. Add your actual items and quantities to see the combined price before booking. Loading, transportation and disposal are included; any applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
Book by 2pm in the pickup address’s local time for same-day pickup. Available dates appear at checkout. Have the booked bags and boxes outside and accessible according to your confirmation. You receive pickup updates and completion photos; the booking is for a day rather than an exact arrival time.
No. Count the filled bags or boxes using the matching choice. Books and media go in Filled household box; clothes, bedding and shoes go in Bag of clothes & bedding; packed toys have a Box of toys choice. Empty cardboard is separate, with individual empty boxes and bundles of 10 flattened boxes. Heavy, oversized or unusual contents need a photo review before booking.
Yes. Estimate how many trash bags the small household pile would fill, and bag or box as much as possible. Select furniture and other larger items separately. There is no extra charge just because the pile is loose. Send a photo first if the count or contents are unclear. A household Dumpster Bag choice does not accept construction debris.
Yes. Select the bags and boxes, then add each larger item using its own catalog choice. The booking shows one combined price for the selected items. Move everything to an accessible outdoor spot before pickup; indoor carrying and sorting are not included. Keep anything you want to retain apart from the booked items and identify what goes in your photos and notes.
Bulky item collection is by request rather than a standing service. The City lists the request as online only, and Durham One Call at 919-560-1200 answers questions about the request or about brush pickups.Official guidance
One collection a week of up to three bulky items is free. If you request more than three items at one time, the City contacts you to discuss payment before the collection.Official guidance
A couch is a household bulky item, so it is collected through the request-only bulky service rather than the weekly cart route. Schedule the request and set the piece at the curb clear of obstructions, and no more than three bulky items go out in one week at no charge.Official guidance
No. The City lists carpet as an item that is set out as a bulky item pickup rather than placed in the garbage, recycling or yard waste cart.Official guidance
A mattress is handled as a bulky item, so it goes out through the request-only bulky collection rather than the weekly cart. Up to three bulky items in one weekly collection are free, and more than three in one request is charged after the City discusses payment with you.Official guidance
Large appliances are white goods and the drop-off center at 2115 East Club Boulevard accepts them at no charge from city and county residents in residential quantities. An appliance can also be scheduled as a bulky item on a curbside request, within the free three item allowance.Official guidance
No. The City publishes the state law list that bans appliances and other material from landfill disposal, and the City's own cart rules keep that material out of the garbage cart.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not named in the City's curbside lists. A machine that is not on the prohibited list is handled as a household bulky item through the request-only service, and it counts against the three free bulky items allowed in a week, so confirm an unusual piece with Durham One Call at 919-560-1200.Official guidance
The City of Durham runs curbside collection through its Solid Waste Management Department, with a city-issued green cart for trash and a blue cart for recycling. Questions and service requests go to Durham One Call at 919-560-1200.Official guidance
Schedule it as a bulky item, which the City lists as an online request only. One collection a week of up to three bulky items is free, and a request for more than three items at one time is charged after the City discusses payment with you.Official guidance
The Waste Disposal and Recycling Center, the Household Hazardous Waste Center and the Yard Waste Facility are all at 2115 East Club Boulevard, open Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., and they serve city and county residents.Official guidance
No. Yard waste is an optional subscription with a monthly fee on the water bill and a service year that ends June 30, so only active subscribers get the brown cart collected.Official guidance
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